Thread: Supreme Court Expands The IRS’s Ability to Write Tax Rules

The Supreme Court Expands The IRS’s Ability to Write the Tax Rules

Jan. 28 2011 - 12:33 pm
Posted by Michael Desmond

In a recent case that has been little noted in the business press, the Supreme Court appears to have given the IRS broad new power to write rules that overturn prior court decisions, give short shrift to expressed legislative history, and apply even in cases where taxpayers have relied in good faith on prior law and precedent. In Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research v. United States, which involved the discrete question of whether medical residents are “studentsâ€